FOR THE SECOND time in a week, Bolton drew a home game they should have won.

They dominated Charlton for long periods of this game but failed to break their way through a packed defence and had to settle for a point.

Their best chance was in the eighth minute when skipper Jay-Jay Okocha hit the bar with a 20-yard free kick with keeper Dean Kiely stranded on his line.

Bolton were frustrated by referee Alan Wiley when he turned down two convincing penalty claims for fouls on Kevin Davies in the space of two minutes.

And there was further frustration for Wanderers after 78 minutes when Herman Hreidarsson cleared off the line after Youri Djorkaeff had jinked his way through the Charlton defence.

Bolton gave a debut to their new Brazilian central defender Emerson Thome and he made an outstanding contribution, both defensively and with his use for the ball.

But the Trotters will be deeply disappointed to have only two points from their first four games of the season although they can go into the two week international break encouraged by this performance which had much – except for the vital goal or two.